Storm Damage in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday.—Lightning during last night’s violent electrical storm damaged two homes brought down power and…
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Floods & storms, 1947
274 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 14
Sultry Weather and Storm Rain
The humid and sultry climatic conditions, with high readings of the mercury of the past few days, culminated in a series of storms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electricity Off Through Storm Town And District Without Supplies For Over Eight Hours
The fierce electric and wind storm which took place at about 9 o'clock last night was responsible for an interruption in the electricity supplies to the town and district areas. Current was off for more than eight hours, the power failing…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The liner Queen Elizabeth arrived here to-day 24 hours late after battling with a 60 mph Atlantic…
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Delegates to the Maitland Labour Council expressed appreciation at the action of the Premier in sending high-ranking departmental officers…
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Beresfield Progress Association, in a letter to Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day, drew attention to damage done by recent…
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CAPETOWN, Jan. 22.—If the United Nations Interfered with the Union’s sovereignty the question whether South Africa should…
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NSW Forecast: Intense cyclonic centre below 29.3 Inches at [?] a.m. 70 miles east of Brisbane moving south-west to south at 10…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — A cyclonic disturbance is raging alone the coast from the Clarence River, N.S.W., to Gladstone, on the Queensland coast, and is gradually moving South…
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Although storm warnings to all shipping and aviation were again issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, fears that the cyclone which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: The Meat Position North Coast Towns Lashed By Heavy Rain Cyclone Moves 100 Miles Inland In Queensland
SYDNEY, Friday. — Although storm warnings to all shipping and aviation were again issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, fears that the cyclone, which was raging off the Queensland Coast for the past few days might strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Continues Southward Move Flood Warnings on North Coast
A Cyclone, moving south, has closed the port of Brisbane, stopped air traffic between Brisbane and Sydney, and brought exceptionally heavy rain on the far North Coast, where flood warnings have been issued…
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In storms this month, fuses were blown, street lights burnt out and miscellaneous damage done, but all on a lesser scale…
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A cyclone, moving south, has closed the port of Brisbane, stopped air traffic between Brisbane and Sydney, and brought exceptionally heavy rain on…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The floods which followed the cyclonic disturbance on the south-east coast of Queensland and northern rivers of N.S.W. have left a trail of devastation and disaster…
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Flood danger in the far north of New South Wales in the Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads, Kyogle, Lismorc and Casino districts has passed. In Queensland, hundreds of people in the south-east portion…
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Hundreds of people lined the banks of the flooded Brisbane River yesterday and hauled fish ashore with garden rakes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Benefits From Cyclone Contrast To Damage in Queensland
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In contrast to the heavy damage done by the cyclone in south-eastern Queensland, the heavy rains, now that the flood dangers have subsided, will, prove most beneficial to the northern rivers area of N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Storm Strikes Town 142 Points of Rain in Half Hour. Fresh in River
The heaviest and most violent storm experienced for many years struck the town at about three p.m. yesterday. In about half an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm At Muswellbrook 142 Points Of Rain In Half An Hour
The heaviest and most violent storm experienced for many years struck Muswellbrook on Monday afternoon. In about half an hour…
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